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I recently got a 400MHz slot loading iMac G3 from a friend. I have set it up for my 4 year old daughter. It runs OS 9 but ideally I would like to install OS X. Unfortunately it only has 128 Mb RAM. I see that it takes SDRAM and as I have plenty PC SDRAM lying around, I was wondering if I could use it in the iMac? What is the specs of the SDRAM used in the iMac?

One thing if your imac has it, at the bottom kind of hidden under a vent/grill you'll find a VGA out. If you need to use it this is great, or if your daughter starts to complain its too small (Do four yearolds go so deep into technology? I don't know!) mine is currently hooked up to a 21inch CRT (on it now)

Going with Tiger is a whole new OS so you won't have an upgrade pricing. You can always look on eBay if you are looking for a bargain. Just make sure you buy it on CD.

But Miffle does have a point. Panther was rock solid and is less demanding on hardware than Tiger is. There will be Tiger-only features that will not render on your machine because your graphics card is not supported. If you update Panther to version 10.3.9, you get a lot the benefits of having Tiger.